Help MBE grow his dinner 2012

lemonjelly

Well, I got frustrated this weekend...
I started to figure that if all you do is dictated by the weather forecast, then you'd never do anything.
My first batch of peas have flowered! So, I've planted them out, despite the wind. I suspect 1 plant got damaged, but the others appear to be ok. Fingers crossed. My 2nd batch have been repotted, & I've planted out a 3rd batch. I love peas.

I repotted my first batch of tomatoes. Nads to you lot with your tomatoes, I still don't even have flowers...:(. I also repotted my 2nd lot into bigger pots.

Today I had homegrown lettuce on my sandwiches.:o

I moved my first batches of carrots, & also my onions outside.

We haven't quite had the alleged sunshine that was promised us, but I remain hopeful.

I hope my peas survive!

mrbadexample

aliasojo wrote: »

So how do I save the rest of them and make the plants look healthier? :undecided

Personally, I'm not convinced you need to do anything. You're getting cucumbers aren't you? I'm sure leaves must have a viable lifespan - maybe these are just at the end of theirs?

aliasojo

My pea plants that I've already picked the pods off, are flowering again.

That's not usual is it? Will I get more peas if I leave them?



Fay your garden is absolutely fantastic and I am sooooo jealous. Get a gardener to cut the grass and weed etc and you can just spend time growing things.

aliasojo

mrbadexample wrote: »

Personally, I'm not convinced you need to do anything. You're getting cucumbers aren't you? I'm sure leaves must have a viable lifespan - maybe these are just at the end of theirs?

The new cucumbers are dying too. The tiny ones are just going yellow and then shrivelling.

Must be something up.

mrbadexample

aliasojo wrote: »

The new cucumbers are dying too. The tiny ones are just going yellow and then shrivelling.

Must be something up.

I don't know then.

mrbadexample

I have harvested my first beetroot, and had a quick furtle to see if the spuds are ready yet (Pentland Javelin). It would appear that they are, so I harvested three for my tea:



Oh, and I found a nice tasty radish to munch in the garden.

:j

Pre-war_babe_33

Great Garden Fay - am now wondering if you are going to need a bigger hat!

Just waiting for my glut of tomatoes to ripen. They are Maskotka for anybody who is interested. I think I have enough to feed the whole district and I`ve only grown ten plants but I only had ten seeds to start off with so 100% success rate so far - sorry Drea!

Oh, is it possible to freeze tomatoes if I cook them while still frozen? Would that work?

mrbadexample

Pre-war_babe_33 wrote: »

Great Garden Fay - am now wondering if you are going to need a bigger hat!

Just waiting for my glut of tomatoes to ripen. They are Maskotka for anybody who is interested. I think I have enough to feed the whole district and I`ve only grown ten plants but I only had ten seeds to start off with so 100% success rate so far - sorry Drea!

Oh, is it possible to freeze tomatoes if I cook them while still frozen? Would that work?

I cook them then freeze them - roast them up with some garlic, herbs and salt & pepper, then blitz the sauce and freeze that. Great as a base for all sorts of dishes.

I've never grown Maskotka. When did you sow them, and where have they been kept?

Pre-war_babe_33

Thanks MBE - yes of course, I should cook them first. What was I thinking!

My tomatoes were sown on 8th March in little pots which I kept on a south-west facing windowledge over a radiator and then potted them up and put them outside on 26th May after all danger of frost had passed.

Not so lucky with my peppers though - yet another one was reduced to a stick overnight. I have never seen so many snails as I have seen this year but when I do see one it goes straight under my foot.

Sambucus_Nigra

mrbadexample wrote: »

I cook them then freeze them - roast them up with some garlic, herbs and salt & pepper, then blitz the sauce and freeze that. Great as a base for all sorts of dishes.

I've never grown Maskotka. When did you sow them, and where have they been kept?

Maskotka are a lovely tomato; given away free with GYO mag each year it would seem but are a bush, a decent height that don't need much staking and produce from the start to the end of the season.

Love 'em.